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AlterNet: 5 Countries That Do It Better: How Sexual Prudery Makes America a Less Healthy and Happy Place
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, April 14, 2012Best-Selling Drug Attacks Your Heart, Brain and Bones
I am willing to bet more than 12% of the population is on antidepressants, as in Europe. The risk factors are much higher than previously stated. Scary stuff handed out easily, and we have seen the aftermath too many times in the news. It's enough to make one depressed. Be informed when you make decisions for your health........bill altmillerPosted by Michael Butler, Saturday, April 14, 2012
Is an Egg for Breakfast Worth This? – NYTimes.com
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, April 13, 2012Millions Against Monsanto: The Food Fight of Our Lives
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, April 13, 2012The Fuel Pools of Fukushima: THE GREATEST SHORT-TERM THREAT TO HUMANITY
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, April 12, 2012AlterNet: Inside the Growing Prescription Pill Epidemic That’s Ravaging Communities
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, April 12, 2012EPA Paves Way for “Agent Orange” GM Corn
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, April 12, 2012America’s Prescription Drug Addiction Suggests a Sick Nation | Common Dreams
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, April 11, 2012Scientists Link Bee Deaths to Pesticide in Corn Syrup
"Researchers led by biologist Chensheng Lu of Harvard University report a direct link between hive health and dietary exposure to imidacloprid, a so-called neonicotinoid pesticide linked to colony collapse disorder, the mysterious and massive die-off of bees across North America and Europe."Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Truthdig – The Real Health Care Debate – Chris Hedges
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, April 10, 2012AlterNet: Feds Continue Counteractive Crackdown on Medical Marijuana While Lamenting Painkiller Overdose Deaths
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, April 9, 2012Boston Globe – Taking back ‘Obamacare’: Can the president make an insult into a selling point?
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Monday, April 9, 2012Scientists: Increase in US Earthquakes Almost Certainly Manmade
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, April 8, 2012Peru Passes Monumental Ten Year Ban on Genetically Engineered Foods
Posted by Harry Sifton, Saturday, April 7, 2012Poland Announces Complete Ban on Monsanto’s Genetically Modified Maize
Posted by Harry Sifton, Saturday, April 7, 2012How to Fix Health Care Without the Mandate: Put Single-Payer On the Table by Sarah van Gelder
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, April 7, 2012The Canary Party and Grassroots Autism Organizations Call for Firings of Health Officials in the Wake of New Autism Numbers
This is a press conference held recently in NYC that a group my brother Mark is involved in organized to respond to the new autism numbers (one in every 88 kids) - here's a portion of the press release
Canary Party Chairman Mark Blaxill, speaking on behalf of [The Age of Autism, AutismOne, Autism Action Network, Autism File, The Canary Party, Center for Personal Rights, The Coalition for Safe Minds, Elizabeth Birt Center for Autism Law and Advocacy, Focus Autism, National Autism Association and Talk About Curing Autism], representing tens of thousands of families, have committed to the public and to officials that, “We are not going away. We cannot. We all live with autism every day in one way or another. We will not stop pushing until we get accountable leadership and until we reverse this devastating epidemic.”-mab
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Saturday, April 7, 2012
Brian Moench: Autism and Disappearing Bees, A Common Denominator?
Moench in Common Dreams ..studies [show] autistic children and their mothers have a high rate of a genetic deficiency in the production of glutathione, an anti-oxidant and the body’s primary means of detoxifying heavy metals. High levels of toxic metals in children are strongly correlated with the severity of autism. Low levels of glutathione, coupled with high production of another chemical, homocysteine, increase the chance of a mother having an autistic child to one in three. That autism is four times more common among boys than girls is likely related to a defect in the single male X chromosome contributing to anti-oxidant deficiency. There is no such thing as a genetic disease epidemic because genes don't change that quickly. So the alarming rise in autism must be the result of increased environmental exposures that exploit these genetic defects .. as participants in modern society we are all now exposed to over 83,000 chemicals from the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe and the consumer products we use. Pregnant women and their children have 100 times more chemical exposures today than 50 years ago. The average newborn has over 200 different chemicals and heavy metals contaminating its blood when it takes its first breath. 158 of them are toxic to the brainMoench is President of Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment - Utah has the highest rates of autism in the country - mab .. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Friday, April 6, 2012
Zap your brain into the zone: Fast track to pure focus
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Thursday, April 5, 2012David Dayen: Federal Judge Assigns Homework on Judicial Review to Justice Department
Dayen on Firedoglake ..[Judge Jerry Smith of the 5th circuit to DOJ lawyer] "I would like to have from you by noon on Thursday…a letter stating what is the position of the attorney general and the Department of Justice, in regard to the recent statements by the president, stating specifically and in detail in reference to those statements what the authority is of the federal courts in this regard in terms of judicial review. That letter needs to be at least three pages single spaced, no less, and it needs to be specific. It needs to make specific reference to the president’s statements and again to the position of the attorney general and the Department of Justice." So you have a federal judge assigning homework to the Justice Department on the concept of judicial review, designed to embarrass the President. These Federalist Society types are really feeling their oats, ay?"three pages single spaced.." i'm speechless - mab .. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Wednesday, April 4, 2012
If ‘Obamacare’ Falls, Will ‘Medicare for All’ Rise? | Common Dreams
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, April 3, 2012Annie Murphy Paul: What we learn before we’re born | Video on TED.com
Who knew? This has major implications for a society. ie if mother watches a soap opera, after birth, the infant recognizes the theme song, or if mom eats licorice in pregnancy, after birth the infant does not find if offensive, or if mom is starving the infant grows up predisposed to adult issues with heart disease and obesity, and finally, if mom has too much stress ie pstd the child manifests this as an adult as well in the form of hyper-awareness and fast emotional responses! Everything from mom's heart beat to what sounds, emotions, and foods, etc she is exposed to, the child will learn and integrate into what it expects to find in the world it is being born into. This makes me wonder many things, ie if mom eats junk/fast food in pregnancy it that what the child learns is safest to eat after birth? It seems whatever mom does to adapt during pregnancy, to anything, the child is going to emulate one way or another. Then what about one generation to another? WOW, the implications go on and on...... As a society we should place a great deal more focus on how we care for all our mothers to assure strong children in the mind & body health growing into disease free, emotionally healthy adults. Unfortunately, this does not appear to be in the immediate future of our world. Still we must do what we can in our own circles, hopefully, growing ever larger over time....bill altmillerPosted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, April 3, 2012
New York Times – The ABC’s of the Health Care Law and Its Future
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, April 3, 2012Dean Baker: The Cost of Health Care in Europe, The Debut of Professional Wrestling on NPR
Dean Baker on Firedoglake ..National Public Radio told listeners that, “Like the U.S., Europe Wrestles With Health Care.” If the wrestling in Europe is anything like the U.S., then we must be talking about professional wrestling. (“Hit him over the head with a chair!”) The per person cost of health care across Europe is far less than in the United States. According to the OECD, in 2009 (the most recent year for which it has comparable data), per capita health care expenditures in the United States were $7,960. In France, Germany, and the UK, the three countries featured in the piece, the costs were $3,978, $4,218, and $3,487 respectively.. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, April 3, 2012
